Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...leave her small village in Greece. Nick was the 37-year-old man who, more than 15 years, before had left his house, less than a mile from her own, in a crisp, clean, official military uniform. She grew up hearing stories about George and Marika's son, the boy who completed his mandatory two years of service and then left Greece to join his older brother in America. There, he moved to Chicago's Greektown, worked at a variety of odd jobs, and years later, with middle-age looming, decided that it was time to get married...
...faces mounting pressure to make good on her vow to reunite the boy and his father immediately. That pressure will come, not least, from Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who came to the U.S. two weeks ago having been told that this was the only way to be reunited with his son, and has undertaken to remain on these shores pending the outcome of his relatives' appeal. But the only way to transfer Elian from his great-uncle to his father would appear to be by sending federal marshals through the throng of protesters around Lazaro Gonzalez's home in Little Havana...
...parody descend into what might be considered fraudulent activity, in which you're soliciting money under false pretenses." On that count, the Bush camp would seem to have a better, though still slim, chance of success: gwbush.com has an e-commerce component, including touts for the book "Fortunate Son," in which tabloid journalist J. H. Hatfield argues that Bush is guilty of a host of crimes, including cocaine use. It could conceivably be argued that a hurried Bush supporter could easily click on the site and buy the book without realizing it's negative. That, however...
...parents filed civil charges against the policemen and the city. It's a hefty suit, complete with symbolism-laden monetary demands: Kadiatou and Saikou Diallo are asking $20 million in damages and $41 million for pain and suffering - one million dollars for every bullet fired on their unarmed son...
...civil cases can coexist," explains TIME legal reporter Alain Sanders. "The family obviously feels there's been a miscarriage of justice, so they're attacking from two fronts at once." It's hard to imagine what the Diallos must think of this distinctly American path to justice: Their son's killers were acquitted, a federal case remains in the balance - yet the Diallos stand to possibly collect a considerable fortune from a police department that stridently maintains its innocence...